Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the senate. Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms and represent a district in a state . The number of representatives for each state is determined by population. The total of

Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction
4th Edition
ISBN:9781285463247
Author:David Poole
Publisher:David Poole
Chapter2: Systems Of Linear Equations
Section2.4: Applications
Problem 3EQ: A florist offers three sizes of flower arrangements containing roses, daisies, and chrysanthemums....
icon
Related questions
Question

Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the senate. Members of the House of Representatives serve two-year terms and represent a district in a state . The number of representatives for each state is determined by population. The total of representatives is set by law at 435. Members of the senate serve six-year terms and represent a state. Each state has 2 senators, for a total of 100 senators.

 

                                      House of Representatives

                                                 

                                                  Political Party 

  Republican      Democrat      Independent      Total

       218                  129                     0                  347     Male

       23                    65                      0                     88     Female

       241                  194                    0                   435     Total

 

                                     Senate

                            Political Party

  Republican      Democrat      Independent      Total 

      47                      30                     2                    79    Male

       5                        16                     0                   21     Female

      52                      46                     2                   100    Total

 

(A)Using the same row and column headings as the tables above, create a combined table for congress.

 

(B) A member of Congress is selected at random. Use the table from question A to find the probability of each event.

Events

1. The member is Independent.

2. The member is female and a Republican.

3. The member is male or a Democrat.

Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 4 steps with 3 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Inequality
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, statistics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction
Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction
Algebra
ISBN:
9781285463247
Author:
David Poole
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305071742
Author:
James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
Algebra
ISBN:
9781133382119
Author:
Swokowski
Publisher:
Cengage
College Algebra
College Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9781938168383
Author:
Jay Abramson
Publisher:
OpenStax